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The laws would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, restrict access to abortion pills and require abortion providers to ask patients if they would like to view an ultrasound.
During the Sept. 23 hearing, comments from the judge hit on the ongoing dispute between the judiciary branch and the Legislature.
On Wednesday afternoon, state attorneys filed a motion and supporting brief asking Todd to remove himself from the case, citing a comment the judge made Thursday that the state said displayed “personal bias and prejudice” against the defendants.
Whether three of Montana's four new abortion laws will go into effect as planned next week hangs in the balance.
BILLINGS - A former Billings Public Schools teacher admitted in a plea agreement to inappropriately touching two of his students. In court on Tuesday, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison on two counts of felony sexual assault. Judge Gregory Todd accepted the plea agreement in the case and sentenced Bret Skelton to 15 years in prison with five years suspended on each count. Those sentences will be served consecutively to each other, for a total of 30 years behind bars and 10 years suspended. Skelton was a fifth grade teacher at Orchard Elementary School during the 2018-2019 school year. ...